Ukrainian military faces manpower shortage amid increasing desertions • FRANCE 24 English

[@martinithechobit]

the truth and no shame.

[@kmm1863]

They are all here in Canada

[@libramoon9968]

Annoying ones in Hawaii too

[@jnishar]

Then why aren't Russia gaining much more land?

[@obinnalouis3523]

@@jnishar your comments is useless as that of your Nato military that running and herding in the Ukraine because of Russia military.

[@Mr97cobravert]

@@jnisharwhat were the stated goals of Russia? Not mainstream media nonsense

[@nyashamanika8839]

Some of these producers will be fired for reporting the truth.

[@abibumodou5142]

😅😅

[@toto-yf8tc]

Ukraine has learnt their propaganda has become ineffective. Telling us Ukraine wins everyday but the frontline is moving West every week is not credible and alienated a lot of Westerners. But reporting Ukraine status won't work either: only the promise of an easy victory attracted sympathy

[@BerthaMichealPhiri]

😂😂😂😂

[@robijorum4113]

Why you scaring them 😂😂😂

[@Gatorbilly-o7]

@@toto-yf8tc I knew it was bad, when Putin didn't even respond to the Kursk incursion. Then I watched a guy explain that Ukraine launched an offensive without bullets. They were 6 months from the next bullet shipment. They didn't have the supplies to invade anything.

[@Jay-hr3rh]

Ukraine NEVER stood a chance against Russia.

[@kalashx123]

Yes... without the help of the west. They will be finished already.

[@anderseckstrand7033]

True

[@GameC3nt]

even NATO merc with south american mercenaries 🤣🤣

[@priestfestus2308]

Western channel are saying the truth ... Unbelievable

[@KazimierzSurma]

Calamity and the debacle of Ukraine are so big now, that Western media must prepare their audiences for the unconditional surrender of Ukraine. It would be a shock for the Western audience if the media were telling that Ukraine was winning and the next day announced the capitulation.

[@mohajji4498]

Its amazing, they are out of lies 😂

[@sessy4088]

Because the war is going to end and Ukraine 🇺🇦 and nato have lost the war

[@JohnDisha]

BBC says Ukraine is winning since the beginning of war

[@Iselas181]

@sessy4088 if NATO was actually part of the war then Russia would have been a crater 3 years ago.

[@davidbrown8536]

200,000 have deserted

[@bryandimery6509]

They...didnt. sadly theyre in a field...rotting. Deaths are iver 1-1.2 M and they need an excuse why theyre not coming home.

[@soton5teve]

0:30 - 90,000 cases opened, so not all that, 8,000 returned in September alone. So it's clear it's mostly temporary

[@seanmcnamara1267]

I don’t blame them for looking after themselves. What the hell are they fighting for Victoria Nuland, or The CIA!

[@TeresaMoretto-e5z]

Russian propaganda. Would you like to live under Russian occupation ?

[@AlexanBudni]

propaganda about the Russian occupation

[@adnanmuhammadhamid]

​@@TeresaMoretto-e5zNATO bot spotted, I repeat NATO bot spotted😅

[@johntowers1213]

@@TeresaMoretto-e5z half the people in that fight speak Russian and have Russian members of their family...why should they care who they pay their taxes too? of all the surrounding nations Russia received the most Ukrainian refugee's when this all started so just let that sink in for a minute

[@MYwinters1945]

@@TeresaMoretto-e5z most people in the donbas wanted to live under Russian governance so much, they began a civil war to liberate themselves from Kiev control. Let it sink...

[@PJG-n8e]

the shovels and washing machine chips work

[@Cats_and_Dogs_in_Farsi]

That was what some Wagner used, due to weapons shortages

[@glintongordon6811]

Russia never had weapons shortage that was ukraine propaganda, just like human meat waves and ghost of Kyiv ​@@Cats_and_Dogs_in_Farsi

[@robijorum4113]

Damn right 😂

[@justinmccarthy-z5c]

@@eliasseun6886 LOLZ

[@TiborJakkel]

@@eliasseun6886sure you do! 😂😂

[@Mr_Huss]

why would leave if one side is losing 31K and the other is 700K Aren't they winning?

[@hauscchildt6418]

Wdym they say they destroy 100 billion riskiest every day?

[@daddyattlee1295]

Good question for the propagandists 😂😂😂😂😂

[@ethansleepybear]

jesus my guy

[@Lihue.musica]

no one is winning, sometimes russians are gaining territory, sometime ukranians are gaining territory, is a war of attrition

[@Maturekid13]

They are declaring the losses in reverse. If this is mostly an artillery war and Russia has them massively outgunned with artillery, why would you think Russia is sustaining the greater number of casualties? Those on the receiving end suffer the most.

[@shabansmart9124]

Why have you learnt to report the truth?

[@NCN03]

😂

[@WOTM8]

🤣🤣🤣 LOL!!! yea they sure do! for those who don't understand the joke.. these mainstream media used to report that the Russian resorted to shovels and washing machine chips due to disastrous war economy resulting from the war.. look! it works! can't wait to see the old WW2 tanks from the museums work too!

[@andrewchiusiwa3487]

I think the question should be "when have they learnt to report truth" coz it's really a surprise

[@sigma-sigma1]

​@@andrewchiusiwa3487well said and correctly said.

[@RhchdjdjdtgeHdhdhsgsvd]

😂💀

[@zoom777]

Wow finally admitting the truth

[@sahibusmanlamorde4239]

Is this really France24? 😂

[@alexeyeryomin2962]

Have you seen which way the Seine is flowing this morning?

[@ISRAEL-CONTROL-AMERICA]

I couldn't believe my eyes😅😊

[@Irish_1916]

You can't blame them not wanting to die for a corrupt leader

[@random_nick_for_comments]

For uncorrupt also no blame

[@1wun1]

​@@random_nick_for_comments for real, if it's a lost cause better keep lives.

[@nandotorres4461]

¿Biden?

[@Irish_1916]

@@nandotorres4461 No Zelensky

[@whoslistening]

3 years and counting Ivan. Russian imperialism stops in Ukraine.

[@Marx-j3s]

"Desertions" is an incorrect description. Ukrainians have chosen their individual human right and freedom to live than to die. Democratic Ukraine and NATO countries should therefore respect this fundamental Human Right.

[@maxsportsman2416]

The people of the Donbas and Crimea did not choose to be part of Ukraine and nato !

[@cecilwilliams8586]

Democracy is a bogus word as NATO and the EU even America have never been true to the word. Ukraine has never ever been a so called Democracy, Look up Ukraine then look up Democracy then tell us what part of the Ukraine is a Democracy as its more like Hypocrisy?

[@amunra5330]

Is reality setting in on this CIA sponsored channel?

[@eliotness4029]

cia suddenly realized they wanted to weaken russia, by sending ukrainians in meat grinder, but "all of a sudden " russia become more and more strong

[@BoxaBole]

Well they want to end it and close the deal to sweep and buy the rest of Ukraine

[@JordiSalvadoBuque-gs1he]

😊😊😊 logical thinking 🌎

[@ngonzales3781]

Its impossible to hide now

[@saellenx3528]

They are setting the stage to blame Trump for everything. Even a child can read their playbook these days.

[@oasis5683]

A rare case of western media telling the truth for the first time. 😂

[@kaneanthony7724]

Unlike media in much of the rest of the world, the West does report from all sides. Independent media fills the gap.

[@alfredneuman6911]

There is no such thing as "western media". Western media spans the gamut. So, you must be Russian. In Russia, if you contradict Putin, he kills you or puts you in prison.

[@eddieokpara3549]

Finally telling the truth which majority already knew. Why fight a proxy war

[@uthoshantm]

Another tv channel that was cheering a year ago

[@scallen3841]

Reality sets in

[@abhisekhkumar4948]

Yup

[@MYwinters1945]

Who wouldve thought that kidnaping people from streets and forcing them to wear camouflage would result in massive dessertions?

[@Infopirates]

Smart Ukrainians are abroad 🙂

[@Unlicensed_Barbery]

Rich ones.

[@thornil2231]

Rich Ukrainians responsible for the war are abroad

[@OnlyGod47]

Yeah, I’m working with some Ukrainian men in Canada. They say they will never go back even if the war ends

[@MarincaGheorghe]

Happy bot. 1 year old.

[@АндрійЛавриненко]

just like smart Russians

[@zoom777]

This is unfair why tell the truth 😂😂😂

[@BoeEstevez-bd9ed]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 you made my day good one

[@Shandarin]

Unbelievable, something is wrong somewhere, there must be a mistake, why telling the truth? 😂😂😂

[@KashiyaMwelwa]

😅😂😅😅😅 there's time for everything.

[@tourismfopa4376]

Ukraine needs a sane government

[@DayzedTransceiver]

lol CIA was probably the ones that caused the coup that put green tshirt in there in the first place...so its insane for a reason...

[@1258-Eckhart]

Amazing. France 24 reporting facts. Who would have thought.

[@hawkeyemihawkgettingmoneylord]

When this war ends with more territory lost than in 2022 and still no Nato for Ukraine. What will you supporters of this war say to justify this waste of life?

[@MrCykotickiwi]

'well atleast they K alot of Russians and we believe our leaders when they tell us that this has weakened Russia..' something like that.

[@maxdout564]

Being forced to fight in a hopeless situation by politicians who will never see the front line... screw that.

[@SCORPIUSANCTUM]

my first thoughts exactly, same in the US always sending the poor youngins off first while they sit in comfy chairs in offices with suits on & their kids attend luxurious private schools

[@DayzedTransceiver]

20 years after Iraq...there's a whole lot of US soldiers who are confused and have PTSD over what they fought for....in which a few documentaries have been made. The truth is...we are the "baddies". We just use media to portray ourselves as the good guys. So when the good innocent youth go off in service to do the bad stuff and learn the truth of what we are all about...they are abandoned and forced into an ever state of confusion because it has to be so. If they are allowed to tell the truth the entire illusion of the system goes down.

[@mistermax3034]

Wait a minute, I thought the Ukrainians had Moscow surrounded?

[@glebarhangelsky4351]

31000 dead, 200 000 deserted, 1 000 000 surrounding Moscow, conscription age to be to be lowered to 18 yrs because of men shortage, the math seems to be absolutely accurate...

[@mistermax3034]

@@glebarhangelsky4351 Roflmao

[@carlitobrigante6304]

Don't fight and die for the EU and NATO.

[@teddykayy]

It's over.

[@azenkwed]

It's been over 2 years ago.

[@trichomaxxx]

It was over before it started. What a stupid war.

[@teddykayy]

@@trichomaxxx blame Russia for starting it then

[@whoslistening]

3 years and counting Ivan.

[@koiguidenishikigoi4972]

😮 really what happened to western MSM

[@АннаКудряшова-й1ф]

Трамп животворящий

[@richardgutierrez8852]

Probably they are going to start sending people 18 years old and older

[@daddyattlee1295]

Blinken is begging zelenski to draft the remaining boys of age 18.

[@andresdelacruz3864]

Yup or they will stop the support. But I think the law pass,soon 18 years gonna end up in the front.

[@MrKingsleyisaiah]

Wow... Didn't media say Ukraine is winning

[@АндрійЛавриненко]

нет

[@paramee17]

but UKRAINI are winning yeah ???

[@belfasta]

😂😂😂😎

[@robertjamesonmusic]

They’re not losing. They have literally captured the entire Kursk region in Russia 😂 Russia is a joke

[@eg8343]

Yes, they are winning but unfortunately Russians imported manpower from N. Korea because they've lost so many Russians soldier. It's like fighting Russia and N. Korea. Wait for the time that NATO would officially join the party. Right now, NATO is just supplying weapons. Wait for them to sent troops and then let's see. 🤣🤣🤣

[@abibumodou5142]

😅😅

[@AlexanBudni]

The Ukrainians lost

[@jorgegarcia1635]

According to all the western media ucrania was winning!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@fingerprint8479]

The smarter ones jumping out of a sinking boat...

[@PaulV.]

"Official number of criminal cases opened in Ukraine for desertion had incresead to 22 000 in November 2024 alone, up from 9000 in October and from average of 3000 monthly at the start of the year. At the same time Ukrainian MoD has reported that the number of newly mobilized in November was about 20 000 so this is the first time when the number of those who deserted in the one month surpassed the number of fresh recruits".

[@120mmsmoothbore2]

Where is this quote from?

[@BertMerlin57]

Its never worth die in a proxy war….

[@IvaTaiwan-u8z]

Russia 🇷🇺 ZZZ 🇷🇺

[@sfoxxxx530]

Take the britsh and the French to fight on the front they have helped to create this mess, also the Germans

[@glebarhangelsky4351]

Wasn't it at the very beginning Nooland spreading the cookies at Maidan? Why only Brits, French and Germans?

[@Pigtail-q8f]

Arrrrgh, this is very wrong! Why is this network telling some sort of truth?😅

[@dominikpreloznik1650]

And the brave Azov wariors and bandera lovers are hiding way behind

[@anthonyrushing9983]

Little known fact in the west. Azov and other high profile units that have the most ideological driven soldiers are often used as blocking forces for the conscript units. These elite units plug gaps, prevent retreats by the conscripts and make slick youtube videos for war propaganda. These units are rarely sitting in trenches getting pounded 24/7 at the line of contact.

[@iljagaimovic9166]

Azov are cowards! Had talked with deserted Ukraine soldier - They using hit and run tactic, hiding behind regular troops and executing who run away. They never get involved in risky operations, and have everything best from the government on EU money... At the same time other troops almost doesn't have nothing, no air support and sitting in front lines. Ukraine deserter told me what when attack starts they are send in front, as Azov is checking gaps - If something goes wrong, they just run away, leaving regulars behind... Your heroes are not beloved by regulars....

[@whoslistening]

@@iljagaimovic9166 Azov fighters are literally the best. You must be thinking of those silly scared Wagner.

[@Marx-j3s]

Zelensky is no longer the Constitionally and Democratically elected president of Ukraine. He therefore qualifies to be enlisted and sent to the frontline of the war.

[@vasuvennukkaran9554]

This channel showing reality, unbelievable.

[@Jimmy-ye3wg]

How bad is the real situation if you reading this on a Western channel. Apparently 500+ Ukrainian troops per day are deserting the front lines on top of combat losses.

[@120mmsmoothbore2]

500 troops a day plus combat losses would mean Ukraine is losing at an absolute minimum of 100k troops to desertion per year, when in reality it's 30k. Russian desertion rates are absolutely insane in comparison.

[@vitaminprotein9294]

​@@120mmsmoothbore2 desertion rate is higher on the winning side, really? Cope harder.

[@120mmsmoothbore2]

@@vitaminprotein9294 The desertion rate is absolutely insane on the Russian side. Their blocking units have dozens of videos from this month alone showing the destruction of retreating troops. You can find some uploaded to KZbin showing the liquidation of Russian troops at the hands of their own blocking units.

[@kelvinlucas1845]

​@@120mmsmoothbore2anything you tell yourself buddy

[@WideData-ec3wi]

but when I search "ukraine losing" on youtube I only see "russia losing"

[@badbad-cat]

What can we expect on American platforms

[@comrade9374]

Zelensky wont like this reporting😂

[@kiprotichngetich8490]

Those who prefer war over negotiations should fight and not use innocent soul to die.

[@user-eq7jj4bs4c]

Thank goodness, they should save themselves instead of enriching others

[@patrickkumwenda1309]

Western media reports Ukraine lost 30k vs Russia 800k losses. How is Ukraine then understaffed? Please help me western media😂😂😂😂

[@pierre-louisdrevon2213]

Enfin la réalité rejoint la fiction ! ! !

[@bothandeach]

who knew

[@ninzki143]

Not if you are brainswashed by the Ukro propaganda

[@stewartfenton9099]

Every one with a brain

[@dedyzee]

fooled by a comedian

[@ImrightImright-y2v]

End the war

[@alberthenriette8976]

Thanks to Slovakia prime minister they are getting the strength to tell the truth 😂

[@StotteHealth-sm1du]

Sign the peace deal

[@ponsyu1951]

While Ukraine was loosing the battle with Russia , NATO should stopped supplying lethal weapon to Zelensky regime all together and let peace settlement prevail .

[@TheFogOfWarOfficial]

Absolute tragic for everyone involved

[@kp-iy7lc]

Send French and UK soldiers. Let them defend Ukraine.

[@Thenature1k]

Where are all the volunteer fighters for Ukraine?

[@sovra6734]

Those with,,Slava ucraina !!"😅

[@eliotness4029]

do they still want to recapture crimea which was captured by russians in 1773/ do they still want to make crimea humanless

[@АндрійЛавриненко]

not Russians, but Ukrainian Cossacks

[@glebarhangelsky4351]

They certainly do, but who cares? Blackrock would not feed itself.

[@sarojbhattarai4817]

French Political scenario has changed.

[@soton5teve]

They said 90,000 deserted, yet 8,000 returned in November alone, so clearly it's more of a rotation and a break.

[@BulgarianDota]

But they're winning 😅

[@Cats_and_Dogs_in_Farsi]

Well more Russians troops have died than Ukrainian ones, so I wouldn’t exactly say Russia is “winning” either 😂

[@Whatthellisthisthing]

It’s not as simple as a sports game. “Winning” & “losing”. No one is winning

[@simonpedge]

@@Whatthellisthisthing Exactly. One side is "losing less". Its like not keeping score in a junior football game so both sides are winners at the end of the day and we can all go out for ice cream?

[@gerasmus]

@@Whatthellisthisthing On the contrary. The Ukrainians are loosing big time, land, lives, demographic destruction. All they had to do was remain neutral, and this will be forced upon them. The American war machine and war profiteers are scoring big time from this war, and the upcoming one with China, or India.

[@paulmufumbwa]

They said to the last Ukrainian 😢

[@oscarpeterson1142]

You earlier said Ukraine wasn't losing many soldiers but now every body can see Ukraine soldiers have been killed and are now they are using ordinary citizens

[@PlanetWalking-qd8gv]

as I remember initially Ukraine had 3- to 1 people advantage... what happened?

[@isaymymind1727]

They all went to France, Poland, Germany and the UK

[@mistermax3034]

@@isaymymind1727 That or they died...

[@AdityaPandey___]

India stands with the Russian Cause🇮🇳🇷🇺

[@songasalimsaleh1035]

*What is Emmanuel Macron waiting for, let him join on the Frontline 😂😂😂😂😂*

[@Мария-е9о1с]

The French rooster can only crow.

[@isaymymind1727]

He is nursing his grandma Brigitte.

[@saellenx3528]

You want him to go there to surrender like his ancestors?😂😂

[@Мария-е9о1с]

@@saellenx3528 🤣

[@SoledadPluchinotta]

The fighting for a clown, and the EU

[@kenn4973]

Russia has Ukraine on the back foot and Ukraine will dance to Russia's tune, like it or not.

[@nigellacey559]

Theyre still winning arnt they? Thats what we kept being told.

[@Xcloneee]

Fighting in a war that you know you can’t win is hard. I can imagine being in a city that I know for sure Russia going to take either if I’m alive or died

[@GabrielMotlhabane-og5by]

Africa shocked by f24. 😮 nice reporting

[@esQmo]

Narratives are changing? Shame on you! You thought wars are won on social media

[@ronanrogers4127]

You know the end is nigh when they start reporting the truth

[@provetanimalhealth3367]

Lost war.Earlier the negotiated settlement,better for Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@harriemeeuwis978]

In the final stage of WW2 German boys of 15, 16 and 17 years were sent to fight at the front which was then in Germany itself. And desertion was severely punished. I wonder what punishment they get in Ukraine when caught because it' s difficult and forbidden to leave Ukraine. France 24 doesn't mention the punishment but only the 'amnesty'.

[@daddyattlee1295]

Blinken is begging zelenski to draft the remaining lads of age 18, and if possible, below😂

[@paulbaumer8210]

And Macron wants to send French troops ..........

[@glebarhangelsky4351]

They love and praise Napoleon, so why not to follow his path?

[@shedopaulo3291]

Noone should go to fight any war

[@michelepappalardo4059]

The beginning of the end

[@vellingntonsosala]

France and america provoked Vladimir Putin

[@Randomized91]

Elensky fans will cry before sleep after watching this.

[@peresmoha7516]

Becuz the reality is cathing up so they cant lie anymore 😂😂

[@RazorKane22]

What s waste of life. Dying for globalists 😢

[@devinaudette9770]

They need peace bad.

[@Intelligent-q8u]

We had this 1 million times for the past 2 years

[@SportStar_Insights]

But Ukraine is Winning

[@kahvenicco6670]

Its a sign they will abandon their cannon fodder

[@Sammackk7]

Imagine believing ukraine could beat Russia 😂😂😂 delusional

[@tthex6484]

90k desertions is riduculous.... Someone needs to negotiate for peace here

[@Athletic_Fisherman69]

Time for those Politicians to lay off those expensive suits! And boost the "Manpower" needed.

[@manojfernando1028]

BUT ZELENSKY WANTS THE WAR

[@xpact83]

This should be deleted by youtube zelesnky said they only lost 31k. And west said russia lost 700k to 1m already.

[@Cesco_S]

Applause for showing the reality … No man wants to fight another man’s war

[@davidpalin1790]

Surely the Russian federation are not winning?

[@vanhuynh168]

They can thank the people who prolongs this war .

[@rsKayiira]

Great reporting the truth. There needs to be better management of the armed forces so its not a few people taking the burden at the front. Zelensky needs to mobilize more people so there are more stable rotations at the front.Some of these men have been at the frontline since 2022 with no breaks. Its not fair. Major respect to them because they have still returned. Good luck to Ukraine in sorting all this out.

[@AnhPham-ni8fw]

Zelensky is a blame 😢

[@katarinakrasinsk6520]

No no no Ukraine is winning and lost 43k soldiers only , Russians doesn’t have missiles since 22 and lost 1 million soldiers stop telling lies about desertion in Ukraine those above are the facts

[@mustafakhan6935]

Do not waste your life for NATO billionaires

[@NaliniS-y2v]

Why would Ukrainians die for pentagon decisions